Solar Energy in the Sahara

Sahara is called a ___ natural storehouse of solar energy because it's dry and empty, and has high degrees centigrade on many afternoons

• gigantic

• staggering

• tiny

• small

Scientists began to calculate how much energy the Sahara holds a few years ago and they were _______ at the statistics.

• astonished

• astonishing

• astonish

• astonishes

Michael Pawlyn, a Director of a British environment company, was initially ____ about the quantities of electricity provided by the Sahara until he did the calculations himself.

• sceptical

• skeptical

• sceptically

• skeptically

With the energy that the Sahara holds, Mr. Pawlyn calls the Sahara's potential ______.

• staggering

• staggeringly

• stagger

• staggered

Individuals who agree with or support a particular idea, cause, or perspective.

• Proponents

• Supporters

• Objectors

• Opponents

A device that generates electricity by converting different forms of energy, such as fuel, solar energy, or other sources, into electrical energy

• Generator

• Machine

• Power Station

• Transformer

Small CSP plants ___ seawater so they can use them for powering turbines and washing dust from mirrors.

• utilises

• purify

• irrigate

• convert

To use renewable energy sources, including solar, wind and tidal power, Europe needs to build completely new and very expensive ______.

• infrastructure

• arrays

• cables

• plants

To implement the CSP project in the Sahara, generous government ____ will be needed.

• subsidies

• fund

• aid

• budget